From the Lexicon of Socrates

ma·ieu·tics

Greek μαιευτική (maieutikē), “the midwife’s art,” from μαἶα (maia), midwife.

1. 1 The Socratic art of eliciting the ideas latent in a mind, bringing them to clear and examined form — and carrying them into the world.
2. 2 by extensionKnowledge formed by questioning: surfacing contradictions, then rebuilding from what holds.
3. 3 Modern applicationRed team–blue team (RnB) review — red attacks, blue builds ideas.